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jiffy lube FTL, (EJ22E pwnage)

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ouch

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Explain please.
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Post by 93forestpearl »

I didn't get much of an explanation from jason, but all he said is jiffy lube lube was involved and there was a lack of oil. As in they *forgot* ...........................................................................................................................................................................................yeah
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Post by rallysam »

Bam! that sucks. jiffy should buy a new one.
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Post by greg donovan »

my favorite jiffy lube/subaru story is where they drain the transmission and fill the crancase with oil.

so you get an overfilled engine blowing seals and a empty tranny burning itself out.

double whammy!
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Post by BAC5.2 »

That's a broke ass connecting rod!

Believe it or not, this happened to a friend of mine's dad.

We were in the 7th grade. His dad had just bought a nice, shiny, new, Hummer (original gangster one, not the pussy H2).

Had it 5,000 miles, took it to the J-team for an oil change. Who the hell knows what they were thinking, but when all was said and done, less than 1 quart of oil drained out of the pan of the freshly blown 6.1L diesel motor.

Lawsuits ensued, and the J-team had to buy the beast a new motor.

His dad promptly sold the truck, and bought a brand new 911 Turbo. That car never saw the J-team.
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

BAC5.2 wrote:6.1L diesel motor.

It's a 6.5... :o
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Post by evolutionmovement »

Have them pay for a new engine via dealership estimate and do it yourself, pocketing the extra cash. I'd threaten to report them to BBB and television also. An EJ22 doesn't blow like that very easily. That's why I've laid down on wet ice to change my oil.
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Post by 93forestpearl »

I'm not shure when it happened exactly, and whose car it was. Its just been sitting in his garage for a while and I'd been meaning to take pics. Pretty nasty though.
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Post by Murphy »

i still dont know why J-lube is open, i thought people would have learned from past problems already
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Murphy wrote:i still dont know why J-lube is open, i thought people would have learned from past problems already
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Post by Murphy »

yeah i guess your right

i bet it sounded pretty awesome when it exploded, if my motor ever catastrophically fails like that i want the piston and rod to fly the head and out the fender and the motor go up in a ball of flames

...that would atleast be badass enough to offset the loss of a motor
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

Murphy wrote:yeah i guess your right

i bet it sounded pretty awesome when it exploded, if my motor ever catastrophically fails like that i want the piston and rod to fly the head and out the fender and the motor go up in a ball of flames

...that would atleast be badass enough to offset the loss of a motor
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I've seen a V8 throw a rod through a hood once at a drag strip...or I should say I saw the hole afterwards. All I saw during the run was smoke. Kind of scary to think where the hell that piece of rod could have gone.
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Post by 206er »

I heard a story about a vintage drag bike running a J.A.P. motor losing a valve collet and the valve shooting out and cutting off a lady in the crowd's finger.
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Post by BAC5.2 »

I recall seeing a Suby from Puerto Rico blow the head of the motor and knock a front wheel off the car.
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Post by PacmanSTI »

Saw a drag bike running 8.00 blow a piston threw the side of the block and shatter the riders arm. Rev limit.... BANG!
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Post by scuzzy »

it really does take a lot to kill a subaru, I bet that block ran dry for a good two minutes before it finally let go.
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